Frederick Coffin
Biography
Frederick Coffin was an American film, television and stage actor who made his screen debut in the 1973 television film Much Ado About Nothing and his first feature, Dragonfly, in 1976. Born in Detroit, he trained in theater at the University of Michigan, and much of his work was on television, from guest spots on Kojak, Hill Street Blues, The X-Files and Murder, She Wrote to his role as the buffalo hunter Big Zwey in Lonesome Dove. He was known for the comedy Wayne's World (1992) and the Steven Seagal film Hard to Kill (1990), and played the corrupt businessman Parker Wyndham in Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999). His final films were View from the Top (2003) and Identity (2003). On stage he originated Eliot Rosewater in the 1979 premiere of God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. He was also a singer, songwriter and musician.
60years old at death
- Born Detroit
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 21 years1982 to 2003
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Beyond film
In 1979, Coffin took the part of Eliot Rosewater in the premiere of the musical version of Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, adapted by Ashman and Menken.
Early training
Coffin returned to his alma mater, Western Reserve Academy, in 1997 as that year's Knight Fellow, one of the school's most distinguished honors.
Frederick Coffin movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century1999 Adventure, Comedy, Familyas Parker Wyndham
IMDb rating 6.49.3K votes
Most often with
Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Box office
What Frederick Coffin's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$391 million
8 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 8 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$183M46.8% of the total
- 2$90M23.1% of the total
- 3$47M12.1% of the total
- 4$29M7.5% of the total
- 5$20M5.0% of the total
- 6$13M3.2% of the total
- 7$7.8M2.0% of the total
- 8$1.4M0.4% of the total
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